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Cedars Healthcare Center

Health Inspections

Health Inspections 1
Health Deficiencies
This Nursing Home: 12
CO State Average: 9
U.S. Average: 6
CO Deficiencies Range: 1–30
Complaints & Incidents: 1
Updated April 18, 2013.

Our health inspections rating describes how well this home met health and safety standards for food preparation and other nursing-home activities in the latest three state inspections. Such inspections are conducted about every 15 months.

October 10, 2012 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.	Low	Some	10/10/2012
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.	Low	Some	11/15/2012
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Low	Some	10/30/2012
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.	Low	Some	11/15/2012
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	Low	Some	10/10/2012
Offer other nutritional food to each resident who will not eat the food served.	Low	Some	11/15/2012
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.	Low	Few	10/18/2012
Upon the death of a resident, convey the residentâs personal funds and an accounting of those funds to the appropriate party.	Low	Few	10/15/2012
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Low	Few	10/10/2012
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Few	10/19/2012
Ensure that each resident's 1) entire drug/medication regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; and 2) is managed and monitored to achieve highest level of well-being.	Low	Few	11/15/2012
1) hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents.	Low	Few	10/25/2012

June 15, 2011 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Low	Many	7/18/2011
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Many	7/18/2011
Dispose of garbage and refuse properly.	Low	Many	7/18/2011
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.	Low	Some	7/18/2011
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Some	7/18/2011
Provide bedrooms that don't allow residents to see each other when privacy is needed.	Low	Some	7/18/2011
Make sure that residents receive treatments/services to maintain or improve their ability to care for themselves.	Low	Some	7/18/2011
1) hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents.	Low	Some	7/18/2011
Allow residents the right to participate in the planning or revision of care and treatment.	Low	Some	7/18/2011
Ensure residents have the right to have a choice over activities, their schedules, and health care according to their interests, assessments, and plans of care.	Low	Some	7/18/2011
Maintain drug records and properly mark/label drugs and other similar products according to accepted professional standards.	Low	Some	7/18/2011
Develop and implement policies for 1) screening and training employees; and the 2) prevention, identification, investigation, and reporting of any abuse, neglect, mistreatment and misappropriation of property.	Low	Some	7/18/2011
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	Low	Some	7/18/2011
Provide residents with private access to a telephone.	Low	Some	7/18/2011
Prepare food that is nutritional, appetizing, tasty, attractive, well-cooked, and at the right temperature.	Low	Few	7/18/2011
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.	Low	Few	7/18/2011
At least once a month, have a licensed pharmacist review each resident's medication(s) and report any irregularities to the attending doctor.	Low	Few	7/18/2011
Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment by a qualified health professional.	Low	Few	7/18/2011
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Low	Few	7/18/2011
Ensure that each resident's 1) entire drug/medication regimen is free from unnecessary drugs; and 2) is managed and monitored to achieve highest level of well-being.	Low	Few	7/18/2011
Ensure that residents with limited range of motion receive appropriate treatment and services to increase range of motion or prevent further decrease in range of motion.	Low	Few	7/18/2011
Give residents a notice of rights, rules, services and charges.	Low	Few	7/18/2011
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.	Low	Few	7/18/2011
Properly care for residents needing special services, including: injections, colostomy, ureostomy, ileostomy, tracheostomy care, tracheal suctioning, respiratory care, foot care, and prostheses.	Low	Few	7/18/2011
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Low	Few	7/18/2011
Provide or obtain dental services for each resident.	Low	Few	7/18/2011
Try to resolve each resident's complaints quickly.	Low	Few	7/18/2011

February 11, 2010 Health Inspection

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Some	Few	3/27/2010
Have a detailed, written plan for disasters and emergencies, such as fire, severe weather, and missing residents.	Low	Many	3/27/2010
Have a program that investigates, controls and keeps infection from spreading.	Low	Many	5/10/2010
Store, cook, and serve food in a safe and clean way.	Low	Many	3/27/2010
Ensure residents have the right to have a choice over activities, their schedules, and health care according to their interests, assessments, and plans of care.	Low	Some	3/27/2010
Make sure menus meet the resident's nutritional needs and that there is a prepared menu by which nutritious meals have been planned for the resident and followed.	Low	Some	3/27/2010
Keep the rate of medication errors (wrong drug, wrong dose, wrong time) to less than 5%.	Low	Some	3/27/2010
Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident.	Low	Some	3/27/2010
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	Low	Some	3/27/2010
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Low	Some	3/27/2010
Provide housekeeping and maintenance services.	Low	Some	3/27/2010
Properly hold, secure, and manage each resident's personal money which is deposited with the nursing home.	Low	Few	3/27/2010
Provide activities to meet the interests and needs of each resident.	Low	Few	3/27/2010
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.	Low	Few	3/27/2010
Ensure that residents with limited range of motion receive appropriate treatment and services to increase range of motion or prevent further decrease in range of motion.	Low	Few	3/27/2010
Provide care for residents in a way that maintains or improves their dignity and respect in full recognition of their individuality.	Low	Few	3/27/2010
1) hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents.	Low	Few	3/27/2010
Ensure that residents are safe from serious medication errors.	Low	Few	3/27/2010
Provide medically-related social services to help each resident achieve the highest possible quality of life.	Low	Few	3/27/2010

April 05, 2012 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Low	Few	5/5/2012

December 27, 2011 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
1) hire only people with no legal history of abusing, neglecting or mistreating residents; or 2) report and investigate any acts or reports of abuse, neglect or mistreatment of residents.	Low	Few	1/26/2012
Ensure services provided by the nursing facility meet professional standards of quality.	Low	Few	1/26/2012
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	Low	Few	1/26/2012

June 15, 2011 Complaints & Incidents

Nursing Home Failed To:	Possible or Actual Harm	Residents Affected	Date Fixed
Provide necessary care and services to maintain or improve the highest well being of each resident.	Low	Few	7/18/2011
Ensure that a nursing home area is free from accident hazards and provide adequate supervision to prevent avoidable accidents.	Low	Some	7/18/2011
Make sure that residents receive treatments/services to maintain or improve their ability to care for themselves.	Low	Some	7/18/2011
Assist those residents who need help with eating/drinking, grooming and personal and oral hygiene.	Low	Few	7/18/2011
Give residents proper treatment to prevent new bed (pressure) sores or heal existing bed sores.	Low	Few	7/18/2011

Note: Because of differences in calculation, all data may not match those shown on Nursing Home Compare, a website run by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. CMS has approved the U.S. News methodology.

Last updated April 18, 2013.